This is a mottled grey-brown Caterpillar covered with
flattened hairs, which are long at the front, back, and sides
of the body. There are a pale yellow marks behind the head
on the prothorax, and on abdominal segments five and eight.
There are two red marks on the thorax which
the Caterpillar displays when it is disturbed
by lifting its thorax and bending its head under.
It is solitary, and feeds on:

The females have stout bodies with white hairs on the
thorax and tail, and a pattern of three dark marks
on the thorax, like a face. Their wings have a brown
with blue-grey and white markings, and a span up to 5 cms.

Our photographs do not capture the beauty of this species,
and it is possible that no photograph can do this.
In the nineteenth century,
Helena Scott painted pictures of this and other
Australian species of caterpillars and moths
which did better justice to her models.
She called one species Macrogyne personata Scott,
but we believe it to be G. punctigera.
Anyone interested in painting
caterpillars and moths is encouraged to study her work.